Thursday, June 30, 2005
Bios: George Massing, Bob Bandy
Thursday news: The class reunion committee met last night; those attending included Mike Parkins, Mike Rosenberger, Judy Chronic Dabrowski, Dann Hall, Donna Olson Coulter and Marianne Brown Love.
We're finalizing arrangements for programs, venues, activities, etc. We're also noticing that a lot of you still need to send in your registration materials. As noted earlier, we did set a deadline, but if you haven't met that, please don't let it discourage you from signing up and coming to the reunion.
Several classmates are coming to their first reunion ever; others haven't been for 30 years, so it promises to be a fun time for reconnecting. Just remember that more than anything, we want to see you. So sign up and plan to come to Sandpoint July 29-30. We'll be thrilled to welcome you home!
Now for today's bios:
George Massing: Since the last reunion, I have retired early and am still living in Maryland. I don't travel much but have no trouble at all staying busy . . . the tasks seem to expand to fill the time!
I retired early after working 27 years for Westinghouse and briefly Northrop Gumman after a company aquisition in 1996. I did electronic design work on military electronics . . . mostly power conditioning equipment for airborne applications. My biggest projects included the radar systems in the AWACS and F-16 aircraft.
I've remained in Maryland and have lived in the same house for 26-plus years. My favorite activities are reading---current events, military history, foreign policy, biographies and memoirs, and a few novels---and hiking. I belong to a small historical electronics museum and a hiking club. Most of my hiking is day hikes in nearby state and county parks and also some mountainous areas in Western Maryland.
I'm still "playing" with flight simulators on the PC and also with mapping software and GPS. I read some professional military journals and study various subjects like GPS and celestial navigation in some depth. I'm particularly interested in the history of technology.
I've managed to stay mostly-healthy, and I keep my weight down by doing a good bit of walking . . . and not too much eating!
I've attended the other three class reunions and am looking forward to this one too!!
Bob Bandy: We, Jeanette and I, have four kids---one son, three daughters. All four played sports in college and graduated: Bob, foootball at EWU; Angie, basketball and one year of track at University of Utah; Billie Jo, JV volleyball and track at Central Washington University; and Mindy, basketball and track at Whitworth College.
We also have four grandchildren.
Our son has returned to Wilbur, farming with me, so we've increased our operation to about 9,500 acres, including irrigation and dryland.
In my spare time, I enjoy hunting, fishing and golf.
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